Help SPA Meet This Matching Grant

Musician Jack Johnson has offered to match donations to SPA up to $2,500.

Thank you for responding to our email! With your help, SPA has now raised $1599.  Remember that the deadline is September 1st!

Help SPA meet their goal.  Double your contribution by donating to SPA today!. Read more...

Walk for Peace 2008
September 20, 2008

New Jersey. Texas. California. Florida... Uganda? YES! Uganda! Across the nation and beyond, grassroots volunteers are planning events large and small to share the great news about the Department of Peace Campaign and legislation, raise money for The Peace Alliance and bring communities together for peace.

It’s not too late to join or create a Walk for Peace!

1. Read the Overview page and then check out these Organizing Tips.
2. Organizers: Enter your event so others can join you!. You can update it as details are finalized.  The sooner you list it, the sooner you may get some help!
3. Supporters: Search by Zip Code to see when a Walk near you is organized. You can also check for events from your Profile Pages.

Bringing Peace to the Conventions

On July 30th and in our July Newsletter we asked for your help so we could have a presence at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions this summer.  

Your generous response allowed The Peace Alliance and the Colorado Campaign for a U.S. Department of Peace to hold a reception  across from the Democratic Convention Center for members of the House and Senate in Denver for the Democratic Convention.  We have some photos for you here.

  I Stand For Peace

Please Sign the Petition.  We are very close to meeting our goal of 5000 signatures.  Thank You!

Congress is a reactive body so let's come together to tell our representatives in Washington that violence reduction and prevention must be a top priority.  Sign the petition and let Congress know that you stand for peace.

Ask other peace and nonviolence organizations in your community if they will share the petition with their memberships.  Ask your friends and family to sign and share it with your social networking sites.

We will deliver the petition to Congress on
September 11, 2008.

Watch the PSA   |  Learn More  |  Sign the Petition
Take Action to Make Violence Reduction and Prevention a National Priority.

Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) died on Wed. August 20th after suffering a brain aneurysm. Among her many accomplishments, Rep. Tubbs Jones was also a cosponsor of HR-808, the bill to establish a U.S. Department of Peace. 

The Cleveland Plain Dealer has set up an on-line guest book for the public to leave comments. If you wish to send a card to her family or staff, mailing addresses for her offices can be found here .

Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and consituents at this time.

Participate in an historic citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace. There is currently a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives (HR 808). This landmark measure will augment our current problem-solving options, providing practical, nonviolent solutions to the problems of domestic and international conflict.

Domestically, the Department of Peace will develop policies and allocate resources to effectively reduce the levels of domestic and gang violence, child abuse, and various other forms of societal discord. Internationally, the Department will advise the President and Congress on the most sophisticated ideas and techniques regarding peace-creation among nations. Learn more... 

Join us now! Create a Department of Peace.

City Councils across the U.S. are acknowledging the practical impact a Dept. of Peace will have at reducing violence in our nation and abroad.  Thirty six cities have endorsed so far, including: Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minneapolis, Oakland, San Francisco , San Jose and more.   Learn how you can work with your city council by clicking here.